November 1, 2014

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Will Morrow and Maurice Pratt!

800 years ago
1214

War
The Turkish port city of Sinope surrendered to the Seljuq Turks.

200 years ago
1814

Diplomacy
The Congress of Vienna opened, with the object of re-drawing the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.

175 years ago
1839

Born on this date
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1912). Ahmed Muhtar Pasha had a distinguished military career, rising to the rank of Field Marshal. He served as Governor of Crete (1875-1876, 1878) and took office as Grand Vizier on July 22, 1912, after an opposition group known as the Saviour Officers voided the parliamentary elections--which they regarded as corrupt--and seized power. Ahmed Muhtar Pasha resigned on October 29, 1912, after just four months in office, as a result of the government being taken by surprise at the eruption of the First Balkan War earlier in October. He died on January 21, 1919 at the age of 79.

170 years ago
1844

Politics and government
Voting began in the U.S. presidential election, with Democratic Party candidate James K. Polk and vice presidential running mate George M. Dallas against Whig Party nominee Henry Clay and running mate Theodore Frelinghuysen. Voting continued until December 4.

130 years ago
1884

Football
ORFU
Ottawa @ Toronto: Ottawa defaulted

125 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Philip Noel-Baker. U.K. politician. Baron Noel-Baker competed in the 800-metre and 1,500-metre men's runs in the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympic Games, winning the silver medal in the 1,500-metre event at Antwerp in 1920. He participated in the founding of the League of Nations, and then spent several decades as a Labour Party politician, serving as Secretary of State for Air (1946-1947); Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947-1950); and Minister of Fuel and power (1950-1951) in the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Mr. Noel-Baker was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his efforts to promote multilateral nuclear disarmament. Baron Noel-Baker, who was made a life peer in 1977, died on October 8, 1982 at the age of 92.

120 years ago
1894

Movies
Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Died on this date
Aleksandr III, 49. Czar of Russia, 1881-1894. Aleksandr III acceded to the throne upon the assassination of his father Aleksandr II. He reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, and governed in an autocratic manner until his death from nephritis. Aleksandr III was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son Nikolai II.

100 years ago
1914

Literature
The November 1914 issue of The Strand Magazine contained the third segment of The Valley of Fear, the fourth and last Sherlock Holmes novel by A. Conan Doyle.
In this issue: Part I: The Tragedy of Birlstone: Chapter V. The People of the Drama.

War
German Kaiserliche Marine forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee defeated a British Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock in the Battle of Coronel in the Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of Chile.The RN suffered the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.

90 years ago
1924

Died on this date
Bill Tilghman, 70. U.S. police officer. Mr. Tilghman was a lawman in the American West, serving as a deputy sheriff to Bat Masterson from 1878-1884 before serving as a marshal in Oklahoma from 1889-1910. He was town marshal of Cromwell, Oklahoma when he was fatally shot by a corrupt Prohibition agent named Wiley Lynn.

80 years ago
1934

Football
CRU
Western Canada playoffs
University of Alberta 0 @ Vancouver Meralomas 5 (First game of 2-game total points series)

Pete Wilson rushed for a touchdown late in the 3rd quarter to provide all the scoring as the Meralomas shut out the Golden Bears.

75 years ago
1939

Science
The first rabbit born after artificial insemination was exhibited to the world.

70 years ago
1944

War
British Army commandos in the Netherlands went ashore at Weskapelle and Flusing on Walcheren Island in an attack upon the last German defenses around Antwerp. German forces were reported cleared from the entire Petsamo nickel region of northern Finland. In a drive across the Hungarian plains between the Danube and Tisza Rivers, Soviet troops were reported to be within 32 miles of Budapest.

Politics and government
The Yugoslavian government-in-exile in London and Marshal Josip Broz Tito's National Committee of Liberation agreed to form a "united national government" within the shortest time.

Canadian Defence Minister Colonel J.L. Ralston resigned his position over the issue of sending reinforcements overseas. Col. Ralston didn't believe that the latest requirements could be met without the use of conscripted personnel (popularly known as "Zombies"), and resigned when Prime Minister Mackenzie King disagreed, expressing that the requirements could still be met entirely with volunteers. General Andrew McNaughton replaced Col. Ralston as Minister of Defence.

U.S. Representative Richard Kieberg (Democrat--Texas) cast his absentee U.S. presidential election ballot for Republican Party candidate Thomas Dewey because he opposed a fourth term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Dewey charged that the Communists, through Sidney Hillman's Political Action Committee, were trying to gain control of the government, but that a Republican victory would thwart that aim.

Aviation
The International Civil Aviation Conference opened in Chicago, with the purpose of seeking agreements on postwar air travel.

Business
Marshall Field disclosed that the book publishing houses of Pocket Books, Inc. and Simon & Schuster would become part of Field Enterprises.

Branch Rickey, Walter O'Malley, and Andrew Schmitz purchased 25% of the stock of the Brooklyn Dodgers of major league baseball's National League.

Law
Justices Nathan Perman and George DeLucca ruled in New York that the novel The First Lady Chatterley by D.H. Lawrence was not obscene.

Popular culture
Quadruplets--three girls and a boy--were born in Philadelphia to Mrs. Kathleen Cirminello by Caesarean section, the first time such a procedure had been used for such a multiple birth.

The New York City Public Library revealed that 27,000 of its most valuable books, prints, and manuscripts had been returned from a wartime hideout in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Academia
The University of Texas Board of Regents ousted President Homer Rainey after charging that Mr. Rainey had refused to conform to their regulations and had made statements "reflecting on the motives and good faith of the board."

60 years ago
1954

On television tonight
Sherlock Holmes, starring Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford
Tonight's episode: The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun



War
The Front de Libération Nationale fired the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

Football
CRU
WIFU
Semi-Finals
Winnipeg 13 @ Saskatchewan 11 (Winnipeg won 2-game total points series 27-25)

Gerry James returned a kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown in the 1st quarter and Lorne Benson rushed 6 yards for a touchdown in the 4th quarter as the Blue Bombers edged the Roughriders before 14,000 fans at Taylor Field in Regina to advance to the finals against the Edmonton Eskimos. Mr. James' touchdown came after Bobby Marlow had rushed 5 yards for Saskatchewan's only touchdown. Buck Rogers converted both Winnipeg touchdowns and Jack Jacobs punted for a single. Joe Aguirre converted Mr. Marlow's touchdown and added a field goal in what turned out to be his final game. Larry Isbell, who played quarterback for the Roughriders in place of injured starter Frank Tripucka, punted for 2 singles. Mr. Tripucka had suffered a badly-bruised hip in the first game of the series two days earlier; Saskatchewan was also missing end Harry Lampman, who had suffered a broken collarbone in the first game.

50 years ago
1964

Football
CFL
Hamilton (10-3-1) 26 @ Montreal (6-8) 14
Winnipeg (1-14-1) 8 @ British Columbia (11-2-3) 26

Bernie Faloney threw touchdown passes to Tommy Grant and Willie Bethea as the Tiger-Cats beat the Alouettes before 16,146 fans at Molson Stadium. Don Sutherin added 2 converts, a 44-yard field goal, and 2 singles.

Bob Swift scored the go-ahead touchdown early in the 2nd quarter as the Lions beat the Blue Bombers before 29,614 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver to clinch first place in the Western Football Conference for the second straight season. Lou Holland rushed 37 yards for a B.C. touchdown. Veteran B.C. defensive tackle Emery Barnes played his final CFL game. Winnipeg ended the season with 13 straight losses.

40 years ago
1974

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies--The Drifters (4th week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Rock Your Baby--George McCrae (10th week at #1)

30 years ago
1984

Died on this date
Norman Krasna, 74. U.S. screenwriter. Mr. Krasna was best known for writing screwball comedies in the 1930s and '40s. He won the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for Princess O'Rourke (1943), which was also the first movie he directed. Mr. Krasna died six days before his 75th birthday.

Protest
Several days of rioting began in India in the wake of the previous day’s assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

25 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Finland (Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)

Austria's Top 10 (Ö3)
1 Lambada--Kaoma (3rd week at #1)
2 Swing the Mood--Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
3 The Best--Tina Turner
4 French Kiss--Lil Louis
5 Pump Up the Jam--Technotronic featuring Felly
6 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
7 Flamenco Turistico--Stefanie Werger
8 French Kiss--Honesty 69
9 Puerto Rico--Vaya con Dios
10 Healing Hands--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were Girl I'm Gonna Miss You; Still Cruisin' by the Beach Boys (#11); Ride on Time by Black Box (#19); Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx (#20); If Only I Could by Sydney Youngblood (#21); Viva la mamma by Edoardo Bennato (#22); and Yellow Moon by Bluesbreakers (#25).

World events
East Germany opened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting a sharp increase in East German emigration to West Germany through Czech territory.

20 years ago
1994

Died on this date
Noah Beery, Jr., 81. U.S. actor. Mr. Beery was best known for playing the father of the title character in the television detective series The Rockford Files (1974-1980).

Scandal
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a report stating that Aldrich Ames, a counterintelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency who had been exposed as a spy for the U.S.S.R. and Russia, had admitted undermining more than 100 CIA operations, more than he had previously acknowledged. The report charged the CIA with being "excessively tolerant" of employees' misconduct and that, because the agency did not search employees, Mr. Ames had been able to give 5-7 pounds of classified documents to the KGB (Soviet secret police). The Senators faulted CIA Director James Woolsey for being too lenient toward employees who had failed to discover Mr. Ames' treason more quickly.